STERILIZATION CONTAINER CAPABLE OF PROVIDING INDICATION REGARDING WHETHER OR NOT SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS STERILIZED IN CONTAINER WAS PROPERLY STERILIZED

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a container and an electronic sensor module for monitoring and verifying that appropriate sterilization measurements have been met during a sterilization process, and to provide a method for using an electronic sensor module for determining if surgical instruments within the container have been properly exposed to a set of required process measurements during a sterilization process cycle.;SOLUTION: A sterilization container includes at least one sensor for measuring an environmental characteristic of the container 402 during the sterilization of the instrument. The measure of the environmental characteristic is supplied to a processor. The processor compares the measurement of the environment of the container 402 to a validated measurement for the sterilization process. If the measured environmental characteristic is at least equal to the validated sterilization process measurement, the processor presents an indication that the surgical instruments were properly sterilized.;SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 16;COPYRIGHT: (C)2019,JPO&INPIT